Re: [External] git keeps recreating packs, exploding backup increments

Following up on this old thread.

I think the entire thing might be a false diagnostic on our part, and git's default behaviour is working just fine for us.

We initially starting looking at this because the backups exploded in size. But git is complex enough that we had a hard time examining things retroactively. Instead, we started monitoring things going forward to find likely causes.

What we did was to keep an eye on how new the files were in .git/objects/pack. And we kept seeing that the large packs were brand spanking new. Hence, the attempts at reconfiguring git, and the thread here.

But it seems we didn't look close enough. Although the timestamps suggest that the packs are constantly being modified, the names and contents actually stay the same.

I've been keeping a closer eye on a couple of active repositories, and we aren't actually seeing any excessive growth in size. But the largest pack files always have a very current modification time.

No idea what caused that initial spike in backup storage. We'll have to revisit that if it happens again.

Regards,